Next Level 3600 - Unisex Cotton T-Shirt - Midnight Navy

The Next Level 3600 is a 4.3 oz 100% combed ring-spun cotton retail-fit blank, a soft-hand fashion tee built on 32-singles fine jersey with side seams, set-in sleeves, and a tear-away label. It sits in the same premium retail tier as the Bella+Canvas 3001C but on a lighter, finer-knit 32-singles cotton, which gives it a softer drape and a fashion hand at a unit cost that usually lands below the 3001C. It is the blank to reach for on boutique retail lines, DTG print-on-demand, and soft-feel merch programs where the garment itself is part of what the customer is buying.

The composition is the detail that catches print shops out, because the 3600 is not one substrate across the colour range. Solid colours are 100% combed ring-spun cotton, but the heathers are blends: Heather Gray is 90/10 cotton-poly, Oatmeal is 99/1, and the other heather shades are 52/48 cotton-poly, nearly half polyester. A shop running one artwork across a solid 3600 and a 52/48 heather 3600 in the same order is printing on two different fabrics and has to set the underbase per colour. For screen printing, the 100% cotton solids take plastisol and water-based ink cleanly with the fine 32-singles surface holding small text and halftone detail well for a lightweight blank; on the 52/48 heathers run a low-bleed or poly-blocking underbase and cure at the minimum effective temperature to control dye migration. The lighter 4.3 oz body wants slightly reduced squeegee pressure than a 5+ oz blank so the weave does not distort. For DTF, the combed ring-spun surface bonds well with transfer adhesives at standard heat-press settings. For DTG, the cotton solids pre-treat and print with full detail; the 52/48 heathers reduce cotton-ink vibrancy, so favour the solid cotton colourways for DTG and reserve the heathers for screen print or DTF. For embroidery, back high-stitch-count left-chest placements with a topping stabiliser so the stitches do not sink into the lighter fine-jersey knit.

• Brand: Next Level
• Style: 3600 (Next Level Unisex Cotton T-Shirt)
• Fabric: 100% combed ring-spun cotton, 32 singles fine jersey, in solid colours. Heather Gray is 90% cotton / 10% polyester; Oatmeal is 99% cotton / 1% polyester; other heather colours are 52% cotton / 48% polyester
• Weight: 4.3 oz/yd2 (approx. 145 gsm)
• Construction: Side-seamed. Set-in sleeves. Shoulder-to-shoulder taping. Tear-away label. Retail fit.
• Fit: Unisex, retail/slim fit
• Sizes: XS-4XL (size availability varies by colour)
• Colors available: 40+ colours including solids, heathers, and athletic tones (check current availability on the product page)
• Case quantity: typically packed 72 units (6 dozen) per carton; available by the case or by the piece, confirm packing for your colour and size
• Care: Machine wash cold. Tumble dry low.

Next Level holds consistent sizing and combed ring-spun construction across production runs, which keeps the retail fit stable reorder to reorder for ongoing boutique and print-on-demand programs. The reorder note specific to this style: confirm whether your colourway is a 100% cotton solid or a 52/48 heather before a repeat run, because the underbase and pre-treatment differ between the two and the same artwork behaves differently on each. TheClothingSpace stocks the 3600 at wholesale pricing with bulk discounts that increase as case and unit quantities rise, among the lowest prices online for this style, with fast US shipping on stocked colours.

Comparing premium blanks for your decoration method? Read: Gildan G500 vs Bella Canvas 3001C vs Next Level 3600.